NICS

Texas led the nation as the federal government received more than 21 million requests for background checks to buy rifles, shotguns and handguns last year- continuing a trend of Americans buying plenty of firepower. But the fact is that nobody knows how many guns are in the United States and who all owns them. The […]
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The number of people in Texas requesting mandatory background checks to buy guns has plummeted for the first eight months of this year as compared to last year. It is unclear what is behind the 18 percent drop.
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Texas continues to lead the nation in the number of requests to buy a gun so far this year, with the number topping 1 million as of the end of August. Not everyone gets the green light after a required background check that uses a data base to verify if a person has a criminal […]
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